Axminster fabric



April 2, 1957 E. P. MERSEREAU, JR., E IAL AXMINSTER FABRIC Filed Nov. 10. 1955 2 /f/3 /Z l'// United States Patent O AXMINSTER FABRIC Emory P. Mersereau, Jr., Thornwood, and David Karpotl, Blauvelt, N. Y., assignors to Mohasco Industries, Inc., a corporation of New York Application November 10, 1955, Serial No. 546,158

4 Claims. (Cl. 139-401) This invention relates to Axminster fabrics and has for an object to provide an Axminster fabric having novel and improved characteristics.

Another object is to provide a at back Axminster fabric having novel and improved construction.

Another object is to provide an Axminster fabric having improved .tuft bind.

Another object is to provide an Axminster fabric of the above type which can be woven on an Axmiinster loom without requiring substantial alteration in the equipment.

Another object is to provide an Axminster weave of the above :type having improved appearance.

Various other objects and advantages will be apparent as the nature of the invention is more fully disclosed.

The invention will be better understood by referring to the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which a specific embodiment thereof has been set forth for purposes of illustration.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a warpwise section through an Axminster fabric embodying the present invention; and

Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are detail views of the back of the fabric with the backsizing omitted to show diiferent warp sequences which may be used in the fabric of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing more in detail the Weave is shown as a three-shot Axminster having in each cycle a pair of double weft spacer shots and 11 lying in a common lower plane forming the back of the fabric and a double weft row shot 12 under which the bights 13 of the pile tufts 14 are bound. The row shot 12 is disposed above and between the spacer shots 10 and 11 with the lower surface of the bight 13 of the tufts 14 showing from the back between the spa-cer shots 10 and 11 and lying in the plane of the back of the fabric where they |are exposed to :and bound by a layer of backszing 15.

A pair of chain warps 16 and 17 extend under and over alternate spacer shots 10 and 11. The chains 16 and 17 may be taken from the same beam and are woven under substantially the same tension so 'that the spacer shots 10 and 11 are caused to lie in the same plane in the back of the fabric.

A binder Warp 18 extends under the spacer shot 10, over the row shots 12, and under the spacer shot 11 and is woven under a suitable tension to bind the row sho-t 12 securely to the back of the fabric with the bights 13 exposed between the spacer shots 10 and 11.

The spacer shots 10 and 11 engage the tuft legs on opposite sides to bind the tufts and :to hold the tuft legs in a uniform upright position. The spacing of the shots and the level of the row shot can be controlled by the relative warp tensions used in weaving:

Chain Chain Binder Shot Wett Warp Warp Warp No. 16 No. 17 No. 18

(10) Up Down... Down. (12) Do\vn.. Down Up. (11) Down.. Up Down.

Fig. 2 shows the back of the fabric in which the chain warps 16 and 17 are disposed side by side with the binder Warp 18 between the chain warp 17 and the tuft bight 13. This arrangement gives a good tuft bind and support because [the binder warp lies :adjacent one side of the tuft to support the tuft `and to hold the row shot firmly against the backing.

Fig. 3 shows the back of a fabric having a warp arrangement in which the binder warp 18 is disposed between the chain warp 16 and the tuft bight 13 with the chain warp 16 disposed between the binder warp 18 and the chain warp 17. The effect and appearance is similar 'to that of Fig. 2 except that the twill appears` to run in the opposite direction.

Fig. 4 shows the back of the fabric with the binder warps 18 disposed between the chain warps 16 and 17 and with chain warps 16 and 17 disposed on opposite sides of the tuft bight 13. This arrangement of warps gives a good tuft bind, and a uniform and symmetrical appearance to the back of the fabric.

It is obvious that the arrangement of the warps may be varied in :accordance with the effect desired. The arrangement of Figs. 3 and 4 provide adjacent chain crossings whereas the arrangement of Fig. 2 provides a symmetrical arrangement at the back.

What is claimed is:

1. An Axminster fabric comprising a series of lower level double weft spacer shots, a pair of chain warps extending alternately over and under adjacent spacer 4shots and binding Ithe same into a backing in which said shots lie in a common plane with said chain warps crossing between said spacer shots, a plurality of upper level double weft row shots carrying pile @tufts disposed above the =crosed chain warps between :adjacent pairs of spacer shots, and binder warps disposed below all of said spacer shots and extending upwardly between said adjacent pairs of spacer shots and over said row shots to bind the row shots onto said crossed chain warps and onto said spacer shots, the bights `of said tufts being bound under said row shots and lying in substantially the plane of the exposed surface of said backing.

2. A weave as set forth in claim 1 in which said binder warps are disposed adjacent the pile tufts.

3. A fabric as set forth in claim 1 in which said binder warps are disposed between the doubtle chain warps.

4. A fabric as set fonth in claim 1 having a backsizing binding said tufts in said backing.

References Cited inthe tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 529,635 Tyrneson Nov. 20, 1894 1,341,417 Davis May 25, 1920 1,953,069 Barrett Apr. 3, 1934 2,637,095 Mersereau May 5, 1953 

